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Roughly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. As I stand on a beach in Hawaii and look out over the vast, blue expanse in front of me, I am overwhelmed by the immensity of the Pacific Ocean. My brain wrestles with numbers far beyond its capacity to visualize

The Groupon hangover is setting in, and providers and retailers alike are looking for a Bloody Mary. Would you buy a $5-for-$10-at-Lioni-Italian-Heroes coupon from this man? Groupon CEO Andrew Mason wants to know.

The Groupon hangover is setting in, and providers and retailers alike are looking for a Bloody Mary.

The Groupon hangover is setting in, and providers and retailers alike are looking for a Bloody Mary.

How do people think outside of the proverbial box? They know how to view things more expansively. Here's how

Sugary drinks are a real problem, but alternatives are hard to make.

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has a degree in medicine, so I would expect that he’s had some rudimentary biology education at some point in his life.

The 800-pound Goliath grouper was near extinction before conservation measures brought it back from the brink. What happens when it starts being harvested again? The fisheries in the Atlantic ocean--from North Carolina to the Caribbean--are best characterized by what's missing: snappers, groupers, redfish, lobster and the host of other species that once patrolled hundreds of miles of the Gulf Stream

Ninety-eight years ago, engineers tamed Washington State's Elwha River. Dams provided electricity , at the expense of runs of five types of Pacific salmon.

More salmon, please! A new study shows how biomimicry can help generate energy. A new source of inspiration for wind farm engineers has come from an unlikely place: the sea. By imitating schools of fish, engineers can increase wind farm output--potentially getting up to 10 times more power from the same site compared to traditional wind farms

New technology allows you to see not just where your seafood comes from, but also to connect with the fisherman who caught it--all with the snap of your phone's camera. This summer, you'll want to consider adding your smartphone to the plastic bib, nutcracker, and melted butter for your lobster dinner.

“Hey, four-eyes!” That playground taunt is more accurate when applied to Anableps anableps --a fish related to the guppy. It lives in the brackish waters of mangrove swamps in central and South America, and hunts for food at the water's surface..

People the world over eat more fish than the environment can sustain. In Europe, they ate a year's worth of fish by July 2

Dear EarthTalk : I thought “farm raised” was the way to go when buying fish, to avoid mercury contamination. But are there other concerns about farm-raised that make some fish a poor choice for good health? What are the safest fish to buy and which should be avoided

That grouper on your plate may not be grouper at all--unless it has an electronic tag saying otherwise.